Trump Says Tariffs on Mexican Goods Will Not Be Imposed Over Migration Issue
President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters as he signed a bill sending more money for migrant housing, said tariffs on Mexico are now off the table. When a reporter asked if his original idea was to reassess whether Mexico was…
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doing enough before deciding if the tariff threat was no longer needed, Trump said, "yeah, if they don't do it," the tariff could come into play, but he immediately added: "They're doing a good job. Right now, they're doing a very good job. We're very happy with the job they're doing." Trump said the added enforcement at the Guatemala-Mexico border and the U.S.-Mexico border on the Mexican side is cutting the numbers of Central American migrants way down, and that makes Mexicans happy as well.